EBSQ Examination

2019 EBSQ Surgical Oncology Exam in English language

The 2019 Surgical Oncology MCQ/writtenexam in English language will be held on June 21st, 2019 at several locations globally to increase accessibility. The exam will start at all sites simultaneously (shown local times are different due to the different time zones). Please check your time carefully. The list of locations and the local times are in the table bellow:

Exam Type

Place

Local Lead

Date of the exam

Time (local)

TimeZone

Written

Athens, Greece

Christos Markopoulos

21 June 2019

13:00-15:00

EET

Written

Basel, Switzerland

Walter Weber

21 June 2019

12:00-14:00

CEST

Written

Brussels, Belgium

Ana Galan

21 June 2019

12:00-14:00

CEST

Written

Budapest, Hungary

Zoltan Matrai

21 June 2019

12:00-14:00

CEST

Written

Cairo, Egypt

Omar Omar / Mohamed El-Shinawi / Omar Youssef

21 June 2019

12:00-14:00

EET

Written

Hamburg, Germany

Daniel Perez

21 June 2019

12:00-14:00

CEST

Written

Istanbul, Turkey

Bahadir Gulluoglu

21 June 2019

13:00-15:00

TRT

Written

Kolkata, India

Rosina Ahmed

21 June 2019

15:30-17:30

IST

Written

Lahore, Pakistan

Faisal Hanif

21 June 2019

15:00-17:00

PKT

Written

Leiden, Netherlands

Jos van der Hage

21 June 2019

12:00-14:00

CEST

Written

Liverpool, UK

Hassan Malik

21 June 2019

11:00-13:00

BST

Written

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Ibrahim Edhemovic

21 June 2019

12:00-14:00

CEST

Written

London, UK

Lynda Wyld / Tibor Kovacs

21 June 2019

11:00-13:00

BST

Written

Madrid, Spain

Isabel Rubio

21 June 2019

12:00-14:00

CEST

Written

Manchester, UK

S Chatterjee

21 June 2019

11:00-13:00

BST

Written

Turin, Italy

Sergio Sandrucci

21 June 2019

12:00-14:00

CEST

There is a strictly limited number of candidates per location and candidates are asked to specify their 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice when they apply on line. The Exam-Site-Choice entry form can be downloaded from the table bellow. Filled form must be uploaded together with all other documents. The candidates will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis during the first week of May.

The written exam includes the questions from the following areas:

Breast

Sarcoma/Melanoma/Skin

Colorectal/Peritoneal surface malignancies

Upper GI

Hepato/Pancreato/Biliary

Endocrine

General Oncology

The 2019 Surgical Oncology oral exam will take place on October 12th, 2019 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, after the 39th Congress of the European Society of Surgical Oncology. Only candidates who passed the written exam will be invited to take the oral exam. Candidates are asked to fill and upload the Sub-Specialist-Area entry form together with all other documents (which can be downloaded from the table below) in which they need to specify 3 sub-specialist areas of expertise. During the oral exam, examiners will select two areas out of the selected three which will form the focus of the oral examination. Please note that this applies ONLY for the oral exam. Written test includes questions from all above listed areas of expertise.

2019 EBSQ Surgical Oncology Exam in German Language

From year 2019, the UEMS offers the Surgical Oncology Exam also in German language. The 2019 Surgical Oncology exam in German language will take place on October the 1st (written exam) and October the 2nd (oral exam) in Wiesbaden, just before the "Viszeralmedizin 2019 congress".

There will be two groups of candidates:

The first group of candidates are the members of the German Association of Surgical Oncology (ACO) who completed one-year fellowship program of Surgical Oncology in Germany. In case of successful exam, they will receive both UEMS and ACO certificate.

The second group of candidates are the non-members of ACO. In case of successful exam, they will receive UEMS certificate but not the ACO certificate.

Both groups will have the same exam in German language at the same place and time. The content and the course of the exam as well as the eligibility criteria are the same as in English language.

The number of candidates is limited and applicants will be served on first come - first served basis.

EBSQ Application

EBSQ Examinations in Surgical Oncology

Please submit your application via this E-Portfolio only (use "apply" button). Hard copy (paper) applications sent by email or regular mail are no more supported. All scanned documents must be in pdf format, properly oriented.

Each candidate must hold a current licence to practise as a general surgeon at the time of the examination.

Each candidate must have received certificate of specialist training from a European Union or associated country. Since 2010, candidates trained outside Europe are entitled to apply for the examination. A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OF TRAINING MUST BE ENCLOSED WITH THE APPLICATION

Each candidate must be able to demonstrate that he/she had worked for a minimum of two years in a designated oncology centre specialising in surgical oncology*

(*or a minimum of three years if this experience was not in a designated oncology centre or had followed a surgical oncology clinical fellowship of one year’or a specialist training of one year working as a surgeon in a recognised oncology related fieldor a surgical oncology research fellowship plus two years in a clinical surgical oncology setting)In addition to a completed application form and a curriculum vitae candidates will be required to submit a letter from their Head of Department supporting the application.

A log book of operative procedures in surgical oncology, covering a period of at least three years, including information on whether the candidate was first assistant (A), principal surgeon assisted by Trainer (B) or principal surgeon not assisted by trainer (C) must be included with this application. Please note that at the beginning of the logbook, all operations must be grouped, sorted and counted by the type of operation and position of the candidate (e.g.: modified radical mastectomy – first assistant – 4 operations, low anterior resection – principal surgeon – 3 operations and so on). Without this, log book will not be accepted. The list of operative procedures must be signed and stamped by the appropriate trainer.

Examination fee and payment details

The cost of applying for the EBSQ in Surgical Oncology is €600:

€250 for the Eligibility Assessment which must be paid at the time of application and which is non refundable in case of non-selection or withdrawal.

€350 for the Examination which must be paid within two weeks following confirmation of selection. Candidates will be informed about the exact deadline for this in the near future.

Cancelation and refund policy: refund of the examination fee (€250) is only permitted if the UEMS is notified of cancellation at least 6 weeks in advance of the date of the exam. Candidates who cancel after this period will not be eligible for a refund as the UEMS will have incurred non refundable costs in arranging examiners at this point. Candidates requiring a visa should bear this in mind and apply for their visa in good time.

Candidates who cancel having passed the eligibility assessment will be able to apply for the exam within the following 2 years without paying the eligibility assessment fee again. Candidates who fail the exam may resit within 2 years without undergoing a further eligibility assessment/eligibility fee but will have to pay the examination fee (€350) each time they resit.

Further details can be found in the Instructions on how to apply, which can be downloaded from the above link. Payments must be made via Paypal

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